Doll and method of making same



Dec. 26, 1950 M. SMALLEY DOLL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Sept. 25, 1945 Patented Dec. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE} DOLL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME May L. Smalley, Malden, Mass.

Application September 25, 1945; Serial No. 618,511

This invention relates to dolls and to their manufacture, and has for an object to produce a doll of attractive design in a simple and expeditious manner.

A further object is to build the main parts, such as legs, arms, and head around supporting wires, the wires thereafter being brought together within and forming a supporting part of the body portion. By employing ductile wire such construction permits conformation of the legs and arms to the desired configurations in which they will tend to remain.

Still another object is to provide a fabric covering which may be made in two sections which are stuffed separately and then assembled, the wires forming foundations about which the stuffing may be wrapped before insertion into the corresponding cover portions.

Still another object is to provide a simple manner for simulating clothing without requiring use of considerable amount of additional materials.

Further objects and advantages will appear from a description of an embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of two portions of the cover.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the arm stuffing element partly assembled.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the two leg stufling elements.

Figure 5 is a view of the head and body foundation wire.

Figure 6 is a, fragmentary longitudinal cross section through the partly completed doll showing the covers and stuiiing elements assembled.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view on line 1-1 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary front elevation of the partly finished doll showing clothing simulation.

Figure 9 is a front elevation of the completed doll.

Referring first to Figure 1, a cloth cover I is made of two pieces of cloth secured together around the major portions of their edges to form a bag having a pair of leg portions 2, a body portion 3 having oppositely disposed arm openings 4, and a headportion 5 which is left open 4 Claims. (Cl. 46-158) ing its ends in-turned as at l6, and of slightly less than the length of the arm cover I0, is then wrapped with filling material, such as cotton, which may be held in position thereon by being wound with thread as at IT. This may then be stuffed into the arm cover In through a' central opening I8 thereof.

'Next, leg stufling members are formed, each comprising a wire 20 also preferably of ductile material and having its lower end up-turned as at 3|, each of these leg wires being wrapped with" the filling material, such as the cotton. which may be held in position as by winding with thread at 22. The upper ends of the leg wires 20 are left uncovered. The leg stufllng material is then forced into the leg portions 2 as" shown in Figure 6.

A head wire 25 formed with a loop 26 intermediate to its ends and either with or without some stufling material is then thrust down into the head portion 5 with its ends projecting into the body portion 3, and its lower ends are engaged with the upper ends of the leg wires 20 and suitably secured thereto as by twisting. The stuffed arm portion is then placed through the body holes 4, the head wire 25 being deflected laterally to permit the passage of the arm portion, and the body and head portions are then filled with stufilng material around the wires therein as shown in Figure 6, after which the upper end of the head portion is closed.

A narrow band of lace at '30 may be secured around the upper portions of the legs 2 as by stitching and the underclothing may be simulated on the body fabric by painting the body from the lace strip upwardly. The fabric cover may, for example, be flesh color or pink, and the paintingof the underwear simulation may be white. The lower ends of the leg portions may be bent forwardly and shoe and sock simulations at 31 and. 38, respectively, may be painted thereon.

The doll may then be finished in any suitable or desired manner, being provided with hair 40 of yarn of the desired color glued to the head portion and the facial features may be painted on the head portion if not previously applied. A hat ll of any desired design may also be glued to the head, and a suitable dress 42 may be applied to the body portion covering the body portion and the joint between the arm sections and the body as shown in Figure 9.

From the foregoing description of an embodiment of this invention and a method of making thej same, it may be evident to those skilled in therart that various changes and modifications might be made without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. The method of making a doll, which comprises making a hollow fabric bag having a pair of leg portions, a body portion and a head portion, said head portion being open at its upper end, wrapping each of a pair of wires to form stufiing for said leg portions and forcing them thus wrapped into said bag leg portions with the upper ends of said wires within said body portion, inserting a wire through said open upper end, said wire having a loop within said head portion and ends extending into said body portion and, se-' curing said last-mentioned ends to the upper ends of said leg wires, and completing the stuffing' of said body and head portions.

2. The method of making a doll, which co prises making a hollow fabric bag having a pair of leg portions, a body portion and a head portion, said head portion being open at its upper end and said body portion having side openings, making a fabric arm portion having closed ends and open adjacent to the center on at least one side, wrapping an arm Wire to form a stuffing for said fabric arm portion and inserting said stun-- ing into said open center portion into said fabric arm portion, wrapping each of 'a pair of wires to form stuffing for said leg portion and forcing such wrapped wires into said bag leg portions with the upper ends of said leg wires within said body portion, inserting said stufied arm portions through the side openings of said body portion, inserting a wire having a loop within said head portion, and ends extending into said body porin said leg portions each comprising a wire wrapped with stufiing material, a head member comprising a wire loop within said head portion and having end parts bent around and secured to the upper ends of said leg filler wires within said body portion, stufling within said head and body portions surrounding said wire loop and end parts and said upper ends of said leg filler Wires, and a fabric arm cover for both arms enclosing a wire separate from the previously mentioned wires and wrapped with stuifing material projecting from opposite sides of said body portion.

4. A doll comprising an integral fabric cover having head, body, and leg portions, fillers within said leg portions each comprising a wire wrapped with stuffing material, a head member comprising a wire loop within said head portion and having end parts bent around and secured to the upper ends of said leg filler Wires Within said body portion, stuffing within said head and body portions surrounding said wire loop and end parts and said upper ends of said leg filler wires, and a single fabric arm cover for both arms enclcsing a wire separate from said previously men-' tioned wires and wrapped with'stufiing material and projecting from opposite sides of said body portion' MAY L. SMALLEY.

REFERENCES CITED foliowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain June 15, 193? 

